“The Nightingale”

Description

A rich girl's parents force her poorer lover to sea aboard the Nightingale. When the ship sinks in a gale, the boy's ghost appears to the girl and accuses her parents of leaving his body to rot in the Bay of Biscay

Broadsides

• Murray, Mu23-y4:029, "The Nightingale," John Ross (Newcastle), 19C

References

1. Laws M37, "The Nightingale"
2. Doerflinger, pp. 304-305, "The Nightingale" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. SHenry H75a, p. 145, "The Nightingale (I)" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. DT 589, NGALEWRK
5. Roud #1093
6. BI, LM37